On Mon, Aug 22, 2022 at 07:07:19PM +0800, Qu Wenruo wrote: > > > On 2022/8/22 16:30, Willy Tarreau wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 22, 2022 at 04:19:49PM +0800, Qu Wenruo wrote: > > > > Regardless, if you need an older compiler, just use these ones: > > > > > > > > https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/tools/crosstool/ > > > > > > > > They go back to 4.9.4 for x86, you'll surely find the right one for your > > > > usage. I've long used 4.7.4 for kernels up to 4.9 and 6.5 for 4.19 and > > > > above, so something within that area will surely match your needs. > > > > > > BTW, it would be way more awesome if the page can provide some hint on > > > the initial release date of the compilers. > > > > > > It would help a lot of choose the toolchain then. > > > > It wouldn't help, if you look closely, you'll notice that in the "other > > releases" section you have the most recent version of each of them. That > > does not preclude the existence of the branch earlier. For example gcc-9 > > was released in 2019 and 9.5 was emitted 3 years later. That's quite an > > amplitude that doesn't help. > > Maybe I'm totally wrong, but if GCC10.1 is released May 2020, and even > 10.4 is released 2022, then shouldn't we expect the kernel releases > around 2020 can be compiled for all GCC 10.x releases? > > Thus the initial release date should be a good enough hint for most cases. > > If go this method, for v4.14 I guess I should go gcc 7.x, as gcc 7.1 is > released May 2017, even the latest 7.5 is released 2019. > > Or is my uneducated guess completely wrong? Try it and see!
